I know it seems like an odd combination, but Aimee and David Thurlo made money from it in their Sister Agatha series. I'm not Catholic, but there is something about the juxtaposition of convents alongside murder that makes me read them. Kind of like a car wreck--we don't like that one has happened but we still slow down to stare.
The Brother Cadfael series of murder mysteries by Ellis Peters is equally as good. These are set in medieval times, which makes me like them a bit better (just because that's my favorite part of history).
But my FAVORITES in the religion/murder-mystery category are the Sister Frevisse series by Margaret Frazer. The Novice's Tale (which is a pun on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales) was the first one I read. It too is set in medieval times in a convent.
oohh!! nuns and murder...sounds good :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so wrong, isn't it? But that's what makes it so interesting.
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